Confectionery molder



Jan. 30, 1951 1 F, BURY 2,539,944

CONFECTIONERY MULDER Filed Oct. 18, 1946 INVENTOR.`

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Patented Jan. 30, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONFECTIONERY MOLDER Irvin F. Bury, Washington, D. C.

Application October 18, 1946, Serial No. 704,153

(Cl. U17-52) 5 Claims. l

This invention relates to confectionary molders or decorating devices of the character using bags or hoppers as containers which may be charged with plastic substances and provided with interchangeable nozzles thru which the plastic substances are extrudedin ribbon or other forms upon pressure exerted upon the plastics in the containers.

In the past this general combination of bag or hopper and nozzle has been used extensively to decorate cakes, candies and other edibles with ornaments in the nature of rosettes, ilowers, scalloped borders, etc., each of a selected color. Attempts have been made to provide such equipu ment whereby two or more different colors or shades of color may be extruded from the nozzle, but with them difficulty has been experienced either in preventing the different colors or shades from owing unevenly from the nozzle so that more of one color or shade is extruded than desired when the plastics of different colors or shades' are not definitely separated in the container, or if definitely separated in the container then there are limitations as to the type of Ornament that may be produced, such as to merely provide a center of one color and a surrounding area of a diiferent color.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a molder which may be used in producing ornaments made from plastics of different colors or shades of colors, and where the resulting product will be highly satisfactory and attractive in that unintentional extruding of more of one color or shade of color than of the other may be easily avoided. In a practical use of the molder, flowers, (such as roses by way of example, having petals of one color or shade on one side and a dierent color or shade on the other side) may be imitated in a manner so that it is difficult, without close inspection, to distinguish the imitation fro-m the real article.

Another object of the invention is to provide a molder which may be used to make ornaments of one color if desired without the necessity of modifying the device and ywithout the necessity of exercising unusual care in the procedure o-f bringing pressure upon the plastic in the container for the purpose of extruding it from the nozzle.

VFurther objects of the invention are to produce molders which may be easily cleansed, may comprise a number of different types of nozzles, any of which may be easily and quickly attached to the containers, and which may be manufactured at a low cost so that the invention may be brought Vterial from a collapsible tube.

within the means of a vast number of users who may practice the decorating art and use the molder as described herein.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following detailed description of a highly satisfactory embodiment of my 'invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specication, and in which drawing:

Fig. l is a side elevational View of a molder, constructed according to the present invention, a portion being broken away and shown in sectionv to disclose preferred characteristics of the molder.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is detail view partlyrin elevation and partly in vertical section of the lower portion of the molder looking toward the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail View partly in elevation and partly in vertical section of a coupling member used as a part of means to detachably connect the nozzle to the container.

Fig. 5 is a detail View in elevation of a typical form of nozzle well adapted for use in producing imitation flower petals.

Fig. 6 is an elevational view showing a typical product which may be produced by use of a molder constructed according to my invention, the vertical lines symbolizing the color red or pink color of the outside of rose petals as distinguished from the white areas thereof.

Generally speaking the molder comprises an open bottom container including a main body portion 8 and partition means 9 dividing the same into vertical compartments I and II; a nozzle I2 including a main body portion I 3 and partition means I 4 providing a plurality of ways I5 and I6 for flow of plastic material from the receiving end I'I to the delivery end I8 of the nozzle; coupling means I9 for detachably connecting the nozzle to the container; and supplementalvpartition means 2B associated with the partition means 9 and I4 to prevent plastic material from finding its way from one side of the partition means 9 and I4 to the other side thereof.

The container main body portion 8 and partition means 9 are preferably made of ilexible material, such as rubber or rubberized cloth, so that they may be rolled from the upper toward the lower portions thereof, in a manner somewhat similar to that followed in expressing plastic ma The body portion 8 is preferably provided with an upper tab extension 22 and may be provided with an eyelet 23 to permit of its being hung on a pin or hook for charging and when not in use. The lower open end 24 of the body portion 8 is preferably round in plan, and the partition means may be secured to the body portion 8 as by stitches 25 drawing the materials in intimate, liquid tight engagement, or in any other suitable manner. The lower end 2l of the partition 9 may terminate sho-rt of the lower margin of the body 8 as shown in Fig. 2, so that the partition will not render the container bulky at the portion receiving the coupling means I9.

The nozzle I2 in the example shown is particularly well adapted for producing imitation flower petals 28, mounted on a Stem 29, altho it is to be understood that various types of nozzles may be provided, as is common practice, to produce various ornaments without departing from the spirit of my invention. However, since the imitation of flower petals, having different colored or tinted faces has always been a problem, unless resort is had to brushing on a different tint or color after the plastic material has set, and which is a time consuming and tedious procedure, I have elected to show a novel nozzle par- 1..

ticularly well adapted to produce imitation flower petals of dierent colors or tints, altho it may also be used to produce petals of uniform color. The particular nozzle disclosed has its main body portion I3 shaped so as to be round in top plan .V

side wall 3l, generally convex at its exterior, as

shown in Figs. l and 5. The margins of these walls are preferably arcuated downwardly as shown in Figs. l, 3 and 5 which assists in producing an imitation petal that is somewhat concavo-convex in cross section along both axes as is common with rose petals. The receiving end Il of the nozzle is preferably provided with a screw thread 32 for cooperation with parts of the detachable coupling I9 as hereinafter described, and the partition I4 is preferably provided with an upper tongue portion 33 extending above the plane of the receiving end of the nozzle as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5. The lower end of the partition I4, in the example shown parallels the lower margins of the delivery end of the nozzle, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The coupling means I9 is particularly well adapted for quick attachment and detachment of the nozzle and for thoro cleansing of the equipment and in the example shown comprises a sleeve member 35 having a body portion 36 and an upwardly extending flange 3'! of reduced external diameter providing a shoulder 38; a clamp 39 including an arcuate body 49 terminating in ears 4I for receiving a bolt 42 which is an arrangement similar to a hose clamp; a sleeve member 43 comprising an annular body portion 44, a circular flange 45 depending therefrom prou vided with an internal screw thread 46 for engagement with the thread 32 of the nozzle and a circular upstanding flange 41 for telescopic engagement in the sleeve member 35; and a set screw 49 used to hold the sleeve members 35 and 43 in such telescopic-engagement. The material 4 I latter may have sliding engagement therewith as the sleeve member 43 is screwed on and off the nozzle. This arrangement permits the parts 43 and I2 to be detached for thoro cleaning and permits the manufacture of the nozzle from material different from that used in producing the sleeve member 43. When applying a nozzle, equipped with the sleeve member 43, to the coupling sleeve 35, secured to the container 1, merely a sliding or telescopic movement is required and the parts may be easily held together by use of the set screw 49.

The supplemental partition means 20 may be made of any suitable rigid or slightly flexible material, such as sheet metal or plastics of resin, acetate or other kinds, either fabricated or l molded. In the example shown it is made of two pieces 5G and 5I of sheet material each bent to V-shaped cross section and welded together as at 52, at their bight portions and arranged so that the upper piece 50 has its arms 53 embracing the partition 9 and its lower piece 5I inverted with its arms 54 embracing the partition I4. In the example shown the piece 5E) is secured to partition 9 by rivets 55 and is fabricated to provide downwardly facing shoulders 56 to engage upon the ange 3l and having downwardly facing shoulders 51 engaging upon the flange 41 as shown in Fig. 3. The piece 5I is made of a width to t snugly crosswise the bore of sleeve member 43 and may have its free ends 58 outturned to assist in guiding the tongue portion 33 of partition I4 to a position where it is embraced by the arms 54. In this way the partitions 9 and i4 are disposed in substantial alignment and the supplemental partition means 29 prevents plastic material from finding its way from the companion faces of partitions 9 and I4 to the other companion faces thereof as the plastic material flows or is forced from the container body portion S into the nozzle I2.

It is believed the operation of the molder will be clear from the foregoing description of the embodiment of my invention, however, it may be pointed out that if it is desired to produce ornaments of uniform color in very thin ribbons, only one of the compartments I0 or II of the container may be charged with the plastic of the desired color and such may be expressed from the container by the rolling of the container as previously described or such rolling combined with a squeezing action applied laterally to the container walls and partition, or if a thicker ribbon is desired, both compartments I0 and II may be charged with the plastic material of uniform color. The example of an ornament shown in Fig. `6 is, however, a representation where different plastics of diiferent colors are used such as white and pink or red, one in the compartment I9 and the other in compartment I I. Then when the plastic is extruded from the nozzle in two separate ribbons it will join to produce a petal, by way of example, which is white on one side, as at 6G, and red or pink on the other side, as at 6 I I claim:

l. A molder of the character described, cornprising .a container for plastic materials including a main body portion open lat its bottom, and flexible partition means dividing the same into a plurality of compartments; a nozzle including a main body portion and rigid partition means therein providing a plurality of ways for flow of plastic material thru the nozzle; means detachably connecting the nozzle to the bottom end of the container with the partition means of the latter substantially in alignment with the partition means of the nozzle; and a supplemental rigid partition means carried by the lower portion of said flexible partition means of the container, and including walls fitting in the receiving end of the nozzle and detachably engaging opposite sides of the rigid partition means of the nozzle to prevent plastic material from finding its Way from one side of the partition means of the container and nozzle to the other side thereof.

2. A molder of the character described, comprising a container for plastic material including a main body portion, round and open at its lower end, and a partition dividing said body portion into two vertical compartments, said partition extending to a line short of the round open end of the main body portion; a nozzle including a main body portion, provided with a round sleeve portion at its receiving end, and a partition in its main body portion dividing the same into two ways for flow of plastic material thru the nozzle; a coupling means for detachably connecting the nozzle to the container, including a sleeve extending into said round open end of the container, in iluid tight engagement therewith, said round sleeve portion of the nozzle and said sleeve of the coupling means intertting one with respect to the other, and a supplemental partition means carried by the lower portion of said partition of the container and including an inverted U-shaped lower portion, embracing the upper portion of said partition of the nozzle, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A molder of the character described, comprising a container for plastic materials including a main body portion open at its bottom, and partition means dividing the same into a plurality of compartments; a nozzle including a main body portion and partition means therein providing a plurality of Ways for ilow of plastic material thru the nozzle; and means detachably connecting said nozzle to the bottom end of the container with the partition means of the latter in substantial alignment with the partition means of the nozzle, comprising a sleeve in fluid tight connection with said container at its open end, a sleeve in detachable engagement with said nozzle and in telescopic engagement with said rst mentioned sleeve, and a releasable device for holding said sleeves in said telescopic relationship.

4. As an article of manufacture a'molder nozzle, including a main body portion and a partition dividing same into a plurality of ways for plastic material to be extruded therefrom, said main body portion being circular in plan at its receiving end and concavo-convex at its delivery end.

5. As an article of manufacture, a molder nozzle, including a main body portion and a partition dividing same into a plurality of ways for plastic material to be extruded therefrom, said main body portion being circular in plan at its receiving end and concavo-convex at its delivery end and said partition at the delivery end of the nozzle paralleling the concavo-convex contour of the delivery end of the main body portion of the nozzle.

IRVIN F. BURY.

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